Radio Menea

Esta semana tuvimos el gusto de conversar con la reina del indie chileno Javiera Mena sobre su nuevo EP que lanzará esta primavera. También hablamos sobre los triángulos amorosos, la depresión y la falta de inspiración del principio de la pandemia, y de lo que ha significado - y cómo ha cambiado - ser una lesbiana fuera del closet a través de su larga carrera. *La versión original de este podcast...

Estamos de cumpleaños, beibis! March is our anniversary month and this year it’s been five (!!!) years since we started this show. For our birthday episode we are revisiting five genres that we’ve explored deeply on this show, and pointing you to some of the past episodes where we’ve explored some of the these themes and genres. To our listeners and supporters, our endless gratitude. It’s all wort...

Pandemic nostalgia no longer knows any bounds at this point, and this week we get nostalgic for Elvis Crespo’s hit album Suavemente. But besides a strangely intense longing for hearing that all-too-familiar a cappella beginning, Suavemente - the album - was a massive international hit. Esta semana we revisit this classic, and how a Nuyorican kid got to be one of the biggest merengue stars in the w...

What are the components of a good shower song? Drama? Beltability? Is danceability an asset or a liability? We are over here feeling very grateful for warm running water after a devastating week in Texas, and imagining our perfect shower playlist. These are some of our shower faves. Featuring music by Elena Rose, Ana Gabriel, Lalo Rodriguez, Thalia, Olga Tañon, and Proyecto Uno, plus for our membe...

Our millennial is showing ya’ll. In today’s episode we explore the boy band genre with a Latinx spin. What makes a boy band a boy band anyway? Is it the sound? Chromosomes? A certain fan base? The tendency to sell you a white heterosexual fantasy? Join us on this surprisingly existential journey. It gets deeper than you might expect. Featuring music by Menudo, Backstreet Boys, CNCO, OV7, Aventura,...

Been a minute since we’ve given you some new music, so this week we got algo nuevo for you. Show notes: bit.ly/36KEYP3 To find out more about PP's telehealth services: plannedparenthood.com/menea For the new and restocked items in our tienda: radiomenea.com/tienda Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea facebook.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

It’s been two whole decades. Twenty years! This week we take a moment to look back to 2001. What were we listening to? What was charting? Was it, maybe, the year of the ballad?! Featuring music by Shakira, Jose Jose, Jerry Rivera, Marc Anthony, Moenia, Azul Azul, JuanGa and Pilar Montenegro. Show notes: https://bit.ly/2NjhuK0 To find out more about PP's telehealth services: https://plannedparentho...

At the end of a year full of grief, we lost three greats. This week we mourn their losses and celebrate the legacies of Tito Rojas, Armando Manzanero, and Sandy MC. Featuring music by Tito Rojas, Armando Manzanero, Lisset, and Sandy y Papo. Show notes: https://bit.ly/38KPWp7 Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea facebook.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ok, so we have to confess - we recorded this episode before the white supremacist insurrection feeling like we’d made it out, pero judging by the last few days a new year doesn’t mean that we are in the clear. But it is a chance to start over, and set some aspirations for this coming year. In today’s episode we bring you music that shines a light on what we hope 2021 will bring. Featuring music by...

This week while we're off, we wanted to share with you an old episode of holiday jamsr. Listen in to learn about their holiday traditions, why Nochebuena is LIT, and even a little tale of Latino Jewish Hanukah. Stay safe everyone! Featuring music by Trío Cubamar, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Hip Hop Hoodios, Mariah Carey, Maracaibo 15 and Oscar D'Leon. Show notes: www.radiomenea.com/blog/2018/12/...

PHEW! What a year beibis. It’s no surprise that in the midst of a pandemic, an uprising, an election….we missed some stuff. So aquí estamos, tryna make up for it by giving you a glimpse of some of the bright spots we didn’t cover while tending to las loqueras del 2020. Featuring music by Jowell y Randy, Kiko El Crazy, Jamsha, Barbie Rican, Camilo, El Alfa, Banda MS, Snoop Dogg, Tito El Bambino, Ja...

Keeping it productive during la pandemia, el conejo dropped his third surprise album of the year. Are we Bad Bunny’d out? Is this his most experimental album yet? Se retira el conejo? This week, we make our way through EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO. Featuring music by Bad Bunny, Trio Vegabajeño and Abra. Things we mentioned on this episode: Check out Planned Parenthood’s telehealth offerings: plannedpa...

De breakecito beibis, pero aquí está alguito de antes pa mantener till we're back next week :) ---------- We're wild excited to welcome Lido Pimienta to the show to chat about her stunning new album Miss Colombia, her cuarentena flow, what she’s been listening to, the bittersweetness of love and disappointment with your home country, and why she loves being en su casita sin que la joda nadie!!! Fe...

We’re excited to have una invitada muy especial on the show this week: la inigualable iLe. After starting her career as a teenager with her brothers - AKA Calle 13 - she’s built a solo career of her own full of soulful songs con mucho caribe y mucha lucha. We talk about her inspirations, Puerto Rico, and the role of culture and music in political change. Show notes: bit.ly/36LsZ3d Follow us: insta...

Ya saben: it’s jalogüin szn!! We’re back with a very special guest, Verónica Dávila of The Plátano Diaries. Hace un tiempo, Vero y Vero collaborated on a sinister playlist, and now Verónica Davila is here to talk about some of their favorite spooky reggaeton tracks. Verónica brings their expertise as a reggaeton scholar to for an episode that’s all tropi-goth y bien espooky. Featuring music by Dad...

We’re usually not this forward, pero the last tattered shreds of American democracy are on the line here, so if you live in the United States and are able to do so, we spend much of this week literally begging you to vote 45 out of office. We truly believe that we can create better conditions for organizing for our REAL liberation work if we don’t have a fascist in office, so porfissssss??? Also n...

This week it’s all about los malportados. Tu sabes, the rule breakers, the sometimes inappropriate ones, the bosses who do whatever needs to be done to stay on top. Las Malas. Featuring music by Hector El Father. DJ Nelson, Big Soto & Ecko, Los Tigres Del Norte, Alex Rose, Brray, Dayme El High, Panacea Project, Anitta, Myke Towers, Cardi B, Leslie Grace, Noriel and Lastmonday. Show notes: https://...

As uprisings around the country forced people across industries to reckon with the ways racism in general and anti-Blackness in particular shows up, the music industry was no exception. As soon as Republic Records dropped “urban” as a category for music of Black origin, a conversation about the role of “urbano” in the Latin space began. This week, we are honored to have two of the people leading t...

Se nos va el verano, pero we’re taking one last moment to celebrate Vero’s favorite season before we give in to the cooler weather. These are some of our favorite summer releases - the songs we heard on the radio and coming from car stereos, and the ones you might have missed but we think you shouldn’t. Featuring music by Anuel AA, Nio Garcia, Daddy Yankee, Sech, Myke Towers, Brray, Juanka, Pop Sm...

¡Suenen las sirenas, regresó la montra pa comérselos de cena! Ten years ago, Rita Indiana dropped El Juidero - a stunning work of Latin independent music that defined a generation of young Latinx weirdos who had never seen or heard anything like it before. Y después….desapareció. Until now. She comes on to talk about her new album, the role of monsters as a reflection of the things society fears,...

We love a Frikitona. Liberated, free, nasty, le gusta el invento, rápido, lento. A whole threat to the status quo, ok?! This week we’re thinking about Plan B’s classic and highlighting our fave anthems of sexual liberation. Not just because we love that shit but because: WE! MADE! A! FRIKITONA! PIN!!!!! Por eso friki friki friki friki frik friki frik frikitona! Dale frikitona!! We’re hype about it...

Hi beibis, after a summer hiatus, we’re back at the podcast mixers! To say it’s been a strange (and apocalyptic) summer is an understatement. Join us as we catch up on these last few months and bring you a few songs that illustrate some of the moods we’re feeling as we come back to your feeds. Featuring music by El Alfa, Toby Love, Arca, Mediopicky, Boyz II Men, Rex Salas and Los Hermanos Rosario....

We're still on a summer break beibis, so here are some favorites from our archive. ---- FELIZ AÑO FAM! We're starting the year with a v cute collab with Latina podcasters Estephanie and Lina from Bag Ladiez, who come in to guest DJ and unpack some baggage. No oversize maletas here! We chat about el Bronx, re-naming the Verrazano Bridge after a bodega cat (Misu Bridge anyone?), and why "Be Careful"...

We're on a summer break beibis, so here are some favorites from our archive. ------ We’re super excited to have a very special guest for this week’s episode—Jennifer Mota. A music journalist and expert in Dominican Dembow, Jennifer joined us to dig deep into the history and future of an increasingly influential genre. She breaks down the history of Dominican dembow, how migration has shaped it, an...

We're on a summer break beibis, so here are some favorites from our archive. ------ We’re thinking of starting a movement - Make Reggaeton Nasty Again. Our leader: TV host, podcaster, panameña, and outspoken reggaeton sucio advocate Gata, who hopped on the phone with us this week to chat about el género historically and as it stands today. Bring back women moaning! Bring back that perreo sucio shi...